Time to release a few hundred guineas in the park.
I’ve thought about getting some.
I usually don’t like invasives but I heard they are also very hardy and can manage on their own in the wild, but can be noisy when disturbed. They would make a great early warning system, though.
Italians?…
Sounds like a practical solution.
The big problem with all the ticks could be cured by going back to common sense and start trapping and shooting the raccoons, opossums, fox, and coyotes.
Nobody traps anymore and the varmints are out of control.
The varmints eat all the pheasants, quail, partridge, ducks, turkeys, and every ground-nesting bird, exactly what used to eat all the ticks!
You can have lots of gamebirds or varmints and ticks, but you can’t have both.